Fast, active droplet interaction: Coalescence and reactive mixing controlled by electrowetting on a superhydrophobic surface

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 332-335

  Accardo, Angelo ^a   Mecarini, Federico ^a   Leoncini, Marco ^a   Brandi, Fernando ^a   Di Cola, Emanuela ^b   Burghammer, Manfred ^b   Riekel, Christian ^b   Di Fabrizio, Enzo ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ELECTROWETTING; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS DEVICE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LABORATORY DEVICE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84872075695     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2lc41193h     Document Type: Article

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